Time Adverbs YEAR 2 INSTRUCTION WRITING Starter Write

Time Adverbs YEAR 2 INSTRUCTION WRITING

Starter Write down as many imperative verbs as you can E. g. Chop, Cut

What is an adverb? An adverb is a word that adds information to a verb. It describes how, when or why the verb is happening. The boy ran quickly Noun Verb Adverb

What is a time adverb? A time adverb is a word that tells us when a verb happens. Words like today and yesterday could be used as a time adverb. We can also use them to sequence instructions. These are also sometimes called time words, or time connectives.

Time adverbs for instructions An adverb used to order instructions comes at the start of each instruction. Without a time adverb: Chop the wood. With a time adverb: First, chop the wood. This gives us an idea when we are doing this instruction. Chop is the imperative verb in the sentence, first is the time adverb. We are chopping the wood first.

Examples of time adverbs for ordering First Next Afterwards Then Now Initially Finally Can you think of any more adverbs?

Adverbs as phrases Sometimes the adverb might have more than one word and instead be a phrase. We call this an adverbial phrase, or just an adverbial. Some examples of time adverbials are: After that A few minutes later To begin with In the meantime

Improving my instructions First, get the bready. Secondly, spread the butter. Thirdly, Put the ham on the bread Fourthly, Put the top slice of bread on top of the ham. fifthly, Cut the sandwich in too. Can you improve my instructions?

Improving my instructions First, get the bready. Next, spread the butter. After that, put the ham on the bread. Then, place the top slice of bread on top of the ham. Finally, cut the sandwich in two. In red, I have changed my time adverbs to be more interesting. Whilst secondly, thirdly and fourthly are adverbs, using them makes your writing less interesting. In blue, I have changed any capital letters and full stops I was missing or shouldn’t have been there. I also replaced my second ‘put’ with ‘place’ to make my writing more varied. In green, I corrected a spelling mistake. Did you spot all the mistakes?

Today’s task Can you write a set of instructions for going to bed? In each instruction you will need: A time adverb at the start of the instruction. An imperative (bossy) verb after the time adverb. Try to make your words varied!

Evaluation Can you sort these words into two groups: Time adverbs and Imperative verbs put chop first next After that finally place paint take